Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Microgravity/Life Sci. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1999-048; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 September 1999, 18:00:00 UTC
- Launch location
- 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 24 September 1999
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Photon
Microgravity/Life Sci.
- GCAT ID
- S25902
- Manufacturer
- GNPRKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 2,510 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 m long · 2.4 m diameter · 6.5 m span
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